Des Moines police chief is down to eight finalists that will be submitted to the City Council Monday. Three are internal candidates: Maj. Steve Waymire, Maj. Dana Wingert and Capt. Allan Tunks.

Two of the finalists are African-American, none are female and we already know a little bit about another finalist.

According to CBS Miami, former Coral Gables police chief Dennis Weiner resigned from his post in September on the day he was scheduled to appear before a commission to address accusations he manipulated crime statistics to make the city look safer and also misrepresented police response times.

Weiner is now one of the eight finalists for Des Moines police chief.

“If human resources and city manager believe that is something that could impact his ability to lead the city of Des Moines police, then yes it could weigh heavily on his application,” said James Wells, Des Moines human resources director.

Weiner was recently interviewed by the Des Moines Civil Service Commission via teleconference along with the seven other candidates. The two commission members KCCI spoke to Monday did not know about Weiner's resignation, but that's information that would generally come out in the next step of the process if Weiner is selected for an in-person interview with the city manager.

“I was disappointed in the number of applicants,” said Sr. Officer Stew Barnes, the head of the police union.

Barnes said he has sent an email to police unions familiar with the eight finalists.

“We’re waiting to hear back from those organizations to see what they say about their own people,” he said.

He's also sent emails to the city manager and human resources director asking to be included in the selection process. He said it would be incorrect to say there's an obvious internal favorite.

“You would get 100 different opinions if you asked 100 different people,” Barnes said.

While someone from within can hit the ground running, Barnes said it never hurts to look outside to see if “you could better how you’re doing business.”

Complete bios of the finalists will be released next month.

While the police union head said he's disappointed at the number of applicants, it's actually the same number that applied in 2007 when Judy Bradshaw was selected.

There will not be another female chief this time around because no females applied. KCCI was told among the final eight, two are African-American, which would be first for the city.